I got rid of our coffee table - in the way, kid hazard, clutter gatherer. We don't have a large house dog at the moment, but usually do, & coffee tables are just dog nose & tail height :P We do have...

I dunno... I see it as the "people have pets for companionship" & "dogs are pack animals, want to be with owner" thing. Personally, considering how poorly trained a lot of dogs (particularly in the...

I do agree that the "superhero" thing is both pervasive, & has roots in the earliest human myth. FWIW, my girls are allowed to watch PBS, & some DVDs (not "whatever is on") & their imaginative play...

Sounds like a lot of people here have much more complicated phones than me! Mine's some sort of flip top pre-paid phone - I just carry it for emergencies, to call out. Had some trouble with it this...

I don't use it much, because I can't browse & look for something for myself while riding herd on 2 toddlers http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/redface.gif , they don't usually have...

Besides wiping down or washing what you can to get rid of the greasy nicotine film, airing stuff outside for a while is best; if you can't do that, some odor absorbing tricks that people I know have...

Regarding pumping, I was able to get down to 4 sessions a day (rented hosital pump), & still make 30+ oz (I was on Domperidone too though); my 2nd DD had severe reflux issues (was on Prilosec, which...

My kids have a bunch of posters on their walls - laminated, so they'll last. Mostly stuff I had that they liked, or that I liked as a kid - a poster from AKC of all the dog breeds (the photos are of...

I'm going to mention, those fire-proof safes are not dependable - they don't work in wildfires, for instance, where the temps are substantually higher than regular house fires. Friends of mine took...

That's tough, with the cement in most of the back; I was going to suggest yesterday (before the computer ate my long post!), that what my kids do includes: building stuff out of mud & having little...